Security advisory

{
  "id": "070550b9b37283f36a7cca0995f1f528822229fbd514d6335a4c23b46e7c2c83",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44911",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-44911",
    "summary": "XE before 1.11.6 is vulnerable to Unrestricted file upload via modules/menu/menu.admin.controller.php. When uploading the Mouse over button and When selected button, there is no restriction on the file suffix, which leads to any file uploading to the files directory. Since .htaccess only restricts the PHP type, uploading HTML-type files leads to stored XSS vulnerabilities.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44911",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-44911",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-44911"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/xpressengine/xe-core",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2262efaa5c71712b3af40057a977ebdf55f70b43"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:xpressengine:xpressengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "1.11.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.11.5",
            "1.11.4",
            "1.11.3",
            "1.11.2",
            "1.11.1",
            "1.11.0",
            "1.9.2",
            "1.9.1",
            "1.9.0",
            "1.8.46",
            "1.8.45",
            "1.8.44",
            "1.8.43",
            "1.8.42",
            "1.8.41",
            "1.8.40",
            "1.8.39",
            "1.8.38",
            "1.8.37",
            "1.8.36",
            "1.8.35",
            "1.8.34",
            "1.8.33",
            "1.8.32",
            "1.8.31",
            "1.8.30",
            "1.8.29",
            "1.8.28",
            "1.8.27",
            "1.8.26",
            "1.8.25",
            "1.8.24",
            "1.8.23",
            "1.8.22",
            "1.8.21",
            "1.8.20",
            "1.8.19",
            "1.8.17",
            "1.8.16",
            "1.8.15",
            "1.8.14",
            "1.8.13",
            "1.8.12",
            "1.8.11",
            "1.8.10",
            "1.8.9",
            "1.8.8",
            "1.8.7",
            "1.8.6",
            "1.8.5",
            "1.8.3",
            "1.8.4",
            "1.8.2",
            "1.8.1",
            "1.8.0",
            "1.7.13",
            "1.7.12",
            "1.7.8",
            "1.7.11",
            "1.7.10",
            "1.7.9",
            "1.7.7.2",
            "1.7.7.1",
            "1.7.7",
            "1.7.6",
            "1.7.5.7",
            "1.7.5.6",
            "1.7.5.5",
            "1.7.5.4",
            "1.7.5.3",
            "1.7.3.6"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-44911.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:26.783981094Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/xpressengine/xe-core/issues/2434"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:xpressengine:xpressengine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "xpressengine:xpressengine",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "fixed": "1.11.6"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-44911",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 442185,
  "published_at": "2022-02-09T16:15:14.26+00:00"
}